PeRMS - Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858

PeRMS taxon details

Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858

AphiaID

275197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275197)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Girard, C. F. (1858). Fishes. In: General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857. In: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, v. 10. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. Pp. i-xiv, 1-400, Pls. 7-8, 13-14, 17-18, 22c, 26, 29-30, 34, 37, 40-41, 48, 53, 59, 61, 64-65, 71. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858. Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275197 on 2026-10-04

Regional species database citation

Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2026). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275197 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Girard, C. F. (1858). Fishes. In: General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857. In: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, v. 10. Beverley Tucker, Washington, D.C. Pp. i-xiv, 1-400, Pls. 7-8, 13-14, 17-18, 22c, 26, 29-30, 34, 37, 40-41, 48, 53, 59, 61, 64-65, 71. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]